Feed-bag.



A. HARRIES. FEED BAG. APPLICATION Hum 9110.26.1908.

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Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

ALBERT HARRIES, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

FEED-BAG.

. Application filed December 26, 1908.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Serial No. 469,456.

T 0 all'whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, ALBERT HARRIEs, a citizen of the United States, and residing at New Rochelle, in the county of l/Vestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed- Bags, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to feed bags for horses; and the object thereof is to provide an improved device of this class having a detachable ventilated bottom and improved means for connecting the bag proper with said bottom whereby a new bag member may be connected with the bottom whenever desired, and a practically new bag produced 1 at slight cost and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side View of my improved feed bag, Fig. 2 a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts in a different position, and ;Fig. 3 a central vertical section of the bottom portion of the bag.

In the practice of my invention I provide a flexible bag member a composed of canvas or any other suitable material and provided with a detachable bottom I). The bottom I) is stamped or formed from sheet metal and is provided with a top flange or rim b which is set inwardly from the outer 'edge of the bottom, and the to of which is provided with a projecting annu ar bead b in the form of construction shown. The flange or rim 6 is pro vided centrally thereof with a plurality of radially projecting studs b which are se cured therein or connected therewith in any desired manner and which are provided on their outer end portions with buttons, knobs or heads 12 which, in the construction shown, are made in the form of spools, but which may be of any desired shape, and the bottom portion of the bag proper is folded upwardly so as to make said bottom portion double in thickness as shown at a and to form an annular flap a and that part of the bottom of said bag proper which is made double is provided with holes, apertures or eyelets a and in practice the buttons, knobs or heads I) are passed through said holes or eyelets and in this way the bottom portion of the bag proper is connected with the flange or rim of the bottom I), and in practice 1 also pass around the bottom portion of the bag proper and around the flange or rim 1) and above the buttons, knobs or heads a strap 0 provided at one end with buckle ton ue holes, and at the other end with a buckle 0 The strap a is buckled tightly around the bottom portion of the device as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and this together with the buttons, knobs or heads I) securely holds the bag roper in connection with the bottom thereof and in practice the annular flap a formed from the material of the bag is turned downwardly as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 so that it covers the strap 0 and the attaching devices by means of which the bottom ortion of the bag is secured directly to the -ange or rim W. The bottom I) is also perforated as shown at b, and these perforations permit of the escape of dust or fine dirt from the bag, and also provide additional means for the ventilation of the bag.

Vfith my improvement, it will be seen, that a new bag member may be connected with the bottom 1) whenever desired, and as said bottom is practically indestructible, in use, a new bag may be provided at a comparatively slight expense whenever desired by simply applying a new bag member to the bottom I).

The bag member is also provided at the top thereof with straps d by means of which the bag may be suspended from a horses head in the usual manner, but any suitable means may be provided for this purpose such as a headstall or any of the devices now in use.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A feed bag provided with a bottom hav ing an upwardly directed flange or rim, and a bag member detachably connected with said flange or rim by means of projecting studs secured thereto and provided with buttons and corresponding holes or eyelets in the bottom of the bag member, and a strap passed around the bottom of the bag member and around said flange or rim.

2. A feed bag provided with a detachable bottom, said bottom being perforated and provided with an upwardly directed flange or g tion being provided with holes I or eyelets rim having radially arranged studs provided I with buttons, the bottom of the bag proper being folded upwardly so as to double the bottom portion thereof, and said double portion being provided with holes or eyelets adapted to receive said buttons, and a strap passed around the bottom portion of the bag and around the flange or rim above said studs.

3. A feed bag provided with a detachable bottom, said bottom being perforated and provided with an upwardly directed flange or rim having radially arranged studs provided with buttons, the bottom of the bag proper being folded upwardly so as to double the bottom portion thereof, and said double poradapted to receive said buttons, and a strap and around the flange or rim above said studs, and the upwardly folded portion of the folded downwardly over said strap and over 2 said studs and buttons.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 24th day of December 1908.

ALBERT HARRIES VJitnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, A. R. APPLEMAN.

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